Horseshoe.



G. STAPLES.

HORSESHOE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29, 1913.

1,088,473. Patented Feb. 24, 19m

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2 1, 1914..

Application filed September 29, 1913. Serial No. 792,340.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE STAPLES, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and who have announced my intention of becoming a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented an Improvement in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to horseshoes and is an improvement in that class of horseshoes provided with a resilient cushion or pad and with removable calks, my object being to provide certain novel details in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter specifically pointed out.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my invention, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the shoe complete. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the blank shoe with the cushion and calks removed. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section through the complete horseshoe taken substantially on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through one of the shoe ends, taken substantially on line 4l 1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a similar view taken substantially on line 6*6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is another similar view taken on line 77 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the heel calk supports. Fig. 9 is a similar view of the toe calk, and Fig. 10 is another similar view of the connecting heel plate.

Referring now to these figures, it will be seen that I provide a horseshoe, the body A of which is oval in its outline, of the usual shape, and the upper surface of which is substantially flat as will be seen by reference to Fig. 3. The lower surface of the body A is provided with spaced inner and outer flanges B and B respectively, the inner flange B extending around the inner edge of the shoe and joining curved heel flanges 13 extending around the heel ends of the shoe and connecting the inner flange with the outer flange B the heel end of which is offset to the outer edge of the shoe in order to provide recesses or pockets for the heel calk supports O. The intermediate F portions of the outer flange B upon opposite sides of the shoe extend along curved lines spaced inwardly from the outer shoe edge, in which edge are formed the usual nail openings a, and the toe portion of the outer flange B is oil-set to the outer end of the shoe in order to provide an enlarged recess or pocket for the toe call: D, it being noted that the inner and outer flanges B and B form a channel between them which extends around the shoe from the heel call: pockets, thus providing for the reception of a cushion or pad of suitable construction, preterably a section of rope or similar material, as indicated at E and which, as particularly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is partially confined by inwardly bent spurs 6 formed along the under edges of the flanges B and B for this purpose.

Into each of the heel calk pockets is disposed a base of resilient material, indicated at F, and upon which the heel call; support C rests, the said supports, one of which is particularly shown in Fig. 8, being in outline substantially the size of the pockets formed between the flanges 13, B and B for their reception. Each of these heel call; supports is provided at one end with a re duced extending lip c which extends into the cushion channel and overlies the respective end of the cushion E, these supports also having transverse openings 0 adjacent opposite ends through which are extended ma chine bolts 0 working in threaded alined openings of the shoe body A to secure the support in position, the outer portions of the support openings 0 being enlarged so that the heads of the machine screws 0 are counter-sunk.

Intermediately of each of the supports C is a longitudinal slotted opening 0 extended therethrough and slightly tapered, as particularly seen in Fig. 4, to receive the similarly shaped inner ends of the heel calks G, and the outer surfaces of these supports are also provided with cavities 0 upon opposite sides of their intermediate slots 0 the inner walls of which cavities are adapted to be upset into the opposite ends of transverse openings 92 formed centrally through the heel calks. In this manner it will be seen that the inner ends of the heel calks also rest upon the resilient bases F 01 the heel calk pockets and are effectively held against outward movement and accidental displacement by the upset walls of the cavity 0 it being noted that the transverse call: openings g are of sufficient size to permit of the introduction of a tool when it is desired to remove the calks.

The body A of the shoe is provided at its heel ends with horizontal slots extending inwardly a short distance parallel with its fiat upper face and arranged to receive the apertured extended ends it of a connecting heel plate H, particularly seen in Fig. 10, the apertures of the extension h coinciding with the outer end openings 0 of the supports G in order that the outer machine screws 0 may pass therethrough and thus secure the heel plates in addition to assist ing in securing the heel call: supports. Adjacent the toe of the shoe, the body A is provided in its cushion channel with a pair of depending spaced spurs a and between these spurs with a threaded opening (4 the toe calk I) being in the form of an angular plate, the base (Z of which is provided with a central opening for the reception of a machine screw (Z to engage the base opening a and is also provided with side openings (Z engageable over the spurs a in order that the latter may extend into the cushion E and cooperate to prevent longitudinal move ment of the same. As will be particularlyseen in Fig. 9, the flange of the toe calk is provided with a central recess (Z Thus from the foregoing, it will be seen that the cushion and calks are effectively and permanently held in position, the several parts and structural formations of the shoe cooperating to accomplish this result in such a manner that both the calks and the cushion may be readily removed when desired either for purposes of repair or substitution.

I claim:

1. A horseshoe provided with flanges upon its lower surface forming pockets at the heel end of the same, calks supporting blocks secured within the said pockets, each of said blocks being provided with a tapering slotted opening and with cavities upon opposite sides of the opening, a call: having one tapering end disposed in the opening and being provided with a transverse aper ture coinciding with the outer surface of the supporting block, and a cushion disposed within each of the pockets and against which the inner faces of the respective block and call; bear, for the purpose described.

2. A horseshoe provided with pockets in its lower surface and at the ends thereof, heel calks having intermediate transverse openings calk supporting blocks secured within the pockets and having slotted openings to receive the calks and having portions of the material thereof upset into the transverse openings of the calks to hold the latter in position and cushions within the pockets to receive the inner faces of the calks and blocks thereagainst.

3. A horseshoe provided at its heel end with call: supporting members, each of said members being provided with a tapering slotted opening and wit-h cavities upon opposite sides of the opening, a calk having a taper ing end disposed in the opening and being provided with a transverse aperture coinciding with the outer surface of the supporting member and cushions disposed between the shoe and the calks and supporting members, for the purpose described.

4. A horseshoe provided with call: supporting members at its heel end, having slotted openings, and with cushions against which said members bear and heel calks having intermediate transverse openings and adapted to be positioned within the slotted openings of the supporting members to also bear on the cushions, said supporting members having portions of their material upset into the transverse openings of the calks to hold the latter in position.

GEORGE STAPLES.

\Vitnesses PATRICK J. RYAN, GEO. A. FEAR.

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